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...second quarter, Yale notched its second tally with a nine-yard run by fullback Steve Williams at the end of a 60-yard drive. The extra point attempt failed, but the Bulldogs had pushed their lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bulldogs Blank Junior Varsity | 11/25/1961 | See Source »

...fourth quarter the Crimson held back Dartmouth and got the ball on its own 15 yard line. Harvard drove 56 yards and Casgar completed a 20-yard pass to Gray on Dartmouth's nine-yard line, and then carried the ball over the goal line on a quarterback sneak. The kick attempt was blocked. The final game score was Harvard 13, Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson, Jayvee Football Squad Downs Dartmouth Eleven, 13-12 | 10/28/1961 | See Source »

...fourth quarter, nine minutes to go, and top-rated Michigan was trailing underdog Iowa 21-13. The 72,096 fans in Michigan Stadium at Ann Arbor were braced for an upset. Then Michigan got the ball on its own nine-yard line, and Wolverine Quarterback Jim Maddock began throwing passes. Iowa had been playing a brilliant game, but now the afternoon's battering began to tell on the Iowa defense. Two series of Maddock passes netted touchdowns and Halfback Tony Branoff ran 30 yards for a third. In nine minutes, Michigan scored 20 points, won the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Will to Prepare | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Calhoun scored in the second and third periods, with the first marker being set up by a blocked punt. End Bill McCormick recovered O'Connor's attempted kick on the nine-yard line and on the next play, fullback Sandy Bartram went nine yards through tackle for the score John Zych kicked the extra point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Only Eliot, Winthrop Stave Off Elis | 11/24/1951 | See Source »

Eliot drove downfield as the period ended, only to lose the ball on downs. Jonathan Edwards roared all the way back in seven plays to score on a nine-yard end sweep by Stodgehill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Takes House-College Garlands; All Other Houses Fall Before Yale Rivals | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

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